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"Jon Gosselin is down in the dumps after a judge denied his request to prevent his family from going Down Under.\r\nRadar Online reports the former reality star, 33, argued to keep the kids in the U.S. during a secret closed-door hearing at Berks County Court in Pennsylvania earlier this month. But because the trip was work-related (the children are filming scenes for TLC&amp;apos;s Kate Plus Eight), the judge dismissed Jon&amp;apos;s request.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Kate told Jon about the trip, and when he did not agree it was decided that the judge should intervene and the ruling went in her favor,&amp;quot; a source explains. &amp;quot;It was another slap in the face for Jon because he did not want the kids to go to Australia.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWith the judge&amp;apos;s permission, Kate, 35, arrived at the Brisbane Airport in Australia Tuesday with 10-year-old twins Cara and Maddy and 6-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Collin, Hannah, Joel and&amp;#xA0; Leah.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Jon is trying to put a brave face on it and has explained the situation to his own family and friends, but obviously not being with his kids for the New Year is a big disappointment for him,&amp;quot; an insider says. &amp;quot;But they all respect him for trying to stand-up to Kate and for fighting for what he thinks is right for his kids too.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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